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Hi, I have a question for you : Here is a part of the song surrender :

Searching until my hands bleed
This flower don't belong to me
This flower don't belong to me
Why can't she belong to me?

What I want you to tell me, is why they say this flower don't instead of this flower doesn't ?

The guy who wrote it is probably black

<<What I want you to tell me, is why they say this flower don't instead of this flower doesn't ? >>

Perhaps thay need a single syllable word, so thay pick don't rather than doesn't.

okay thank you !
well, I have another question : can we use "she" instead of "it" for a flower or anything like that ?

<<well, I have another question : can we use "she" instead of "it" for a flower or anything like that ?

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I depends on the context. If you're writing a paper for the "Manitoba Journal of Botany", I'd stay away from using "she" when referring to flowers.

But in a poem or song -- go for it.

Ok thank you !